Tuğrul Türkeş

Political parties submitted their parliamentary candidate lists for May 14 polls to the Supreme Election Board (YSK) on April 9.

Ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy chair and party spokesperson Mahir Ünal said on July 26 that politicians should be on the side of "courtesy" when uttering their criticisms or giving their responses in the face of criticisms following the recent war of words between the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) and former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.

The row between former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and the opposing Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) grows as MHP officials have slammed Davutoğlu for transferring former MHP lawmaker Tuğrul Türkeş to the ruling cabinet in 2015. 

Turkey's Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım announced the much-anticipated cabinet reshuffle on July 19, changing four of his five deputy premiers while keeping the foreign team in place and introducing six new names. 

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Tuğrul Türkeş has said that the Dutch cabinet's reaction to his planned visit to the country is an "intervention to Turkish citizens' democratic rights."

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) lawmaker Murat Emir has filed a criminal complaint against Deputy Prime Minister Tuğrul Türkeş, accusing him of "revealing secret state information."

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will pay a visit to Istanbul on May 22 to attend a summit of the Organization of the Black Sea Cooperation (BSEC) and hold talks with senior Turkish officials amid expectations that Moscow will soon lift all sanctions imposed on Turkish agricultural goods. 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will visit China to join a summit for the "Belt and Road," Beijing's ambitious international logistics and trade plan, Deputy Prime Minister Tuğrul Türkeş has said. 

What is the number of settlers from mainland Turkey in the population of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)? Is the Turkish Cypriot community still the majority in their homeland, or has Northern Cyprus become flooded by settlers, making it a minority?

Turkish Cypriot President Mustafa Akıncı was in Istanbul for the past few days. He was touring TV stations, talking with reporters and trying to explain to the Turkish people that after a federal resolution of the Cyprus problem, there would not be a need for the continued presence of a high number of Turkish troops on the island.